Last weekend I climbed my first international competition of the year. After the winter stop, I met all my climbing friends again. All of the same age and with the same passion for climbing and competing. 🙂

My age group has been incredibly strong from the first year we competed in youth B. We all kept on training and motivating each other over the years. And now it was time to become Juniors! I am now of the same age as the ones whom I admired so much when I was younger.

It was again very hard for us to get a place on the podium. I gave everything I had and I was able to top out the final route. I was very happy that I became 1st. 🙂 Jessi was 2nd and Salomé 3rd. It’s a pitty that Julia just missed the podium as it very hard for the French climbers to be qualified for the World Youth Championships in September.

Although I gain more and more experience over the years, it’s still very hard to be calm and confident during a competition. You have only one chance and only on that particular moment… Competition climbing stays really hard!

Here is a movie of the final route.

Picture by Andy Knabl